Money safety pocket undershorts



June 23, 1964 B. MIZERAK MONEY SAFETY POCKET UNDERSHORTS Filed July 12,1962 k g 1 f g 3 w i f m 5 I z E av w Z-.. Z4 g JI 8% m 2 Am: M Z +fi aINVENTOR. BASIL. M IZERAK United States Patent 3,137,862 MONEY SAFETYPOCKET UNDERSHORTS Basil Mizerak, Fleet Post Olfice, US. Navy ShipCraig, New York, NY. Filed July 12, 1962, Ser. No. 209,363 1 Claim. (Cl.2-224) This invention relates generally to secret money pockets and morespecifically to secret money pockets incorporated in a wearable garment.

One object of the present invention is to provide an undershorts garmenthaving means for secretly hiding money therein.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an undershortsgarment having a secret pocket incorporated therein whereby money,preferably in bills, may be hidden. It is well known that large sums ofmoney are lost by persons who are victims of pickpockets. Suchpickpockets usually operate in crowded places, such as subways, buses,congested stores and other places. where large crowds are gathered andwhere the pickpocket is not generally easily recognized and where he hasthe opportunity to relieve a person of his wallet or roll of billscarried in the victims pocket. Other victims of such pickpockets aretravellers who must sleep on trains, men quartered in large groups suchas soldiers in barracks, seamen, as well as persons who are intoxicatedand who would not be aware of being victimized by a pickpocket.

Accordingly, it is another object of the present invention to provide anundershorts garment whereby money may be secured in a pocket relativelyclose to the persons body, thereby making it impossible for a pickpocketto operate without alerting the victim.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a money safetypocket undershorts garment whereby money can be readily inserted orremoved from the secret pocket thereof.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a money safetypocket undershorts garment which will not in any manner protrude or makean unsightly appearance or attract a pickpockets attention.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a money safetypocket undershorts having means whereby the safety pocket is adjustablein position from the inner side of the undershorts to the outer sidethereof, thus permitting ready access thereinto when desired andaffording maximum security when it is placed adjacent the wearers bodywhen the wearer is sleeping or wishes the protection which suchconcealed wearing will offer.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a money safety pocketundershorts bearing the above objects in mind which is of simpleconstruction, has a minimum number of parts, is inexpensive tomanufacture and efficient in operation and use.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which:

FIGURE 1 is a front perspective view of an undershorts garment shownincorporating the present invention;

FIGURE 2 is a cross sectional-view through 22 of FIGURE 1 and looking inthe direction of the arrows thereof and showing the money safety pocketin a retracted position on the inside of the undershorts;

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIGURE 2 and showing themoney safety pocket in an alternate position wherein the pocket is onthe outerside of the undershorts; and

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of a billfold which may be carried withinthe money pocket.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the numeral represents a moneysafety pocket undershorts garment according to the present inventionwherein there is a boxer type undershorts garment 11 comprised of a backpanel 12, front panels 13 and waist band 14. The garment is fashioned toinclude leg portions 15 and a crotch 16. The waist portion is comprisedof a band 17 afiixed on the inner side along the upper edge of thegarment.

A hinge element 18 made of cloth similar to the material of theundershorts is sewed along one edge to the inner side of the waistband17, as shown in FIG. 2 of the drawing. The other edge of the hingeelement is attached to a money safety pocket 19 made preferably ofwaterproof or moisture proof material, such as plastic or the like, sothat perspiration from the body does not affect the money or othervaluables, such as passports or other documents, carried therewithin.The money safety pocket is comprised of a front panel 20, rear panel 21,integrally attached along the bottom edge 22 and side vertical edges 23.The upper portion of the rear panel thereof may be somewhat extended soas to form a flap 24 which depends over the front side of the frontpanel 20, thereby forming a closure to the opening of the pocket formedalong the upper edge thereof.

In operative use, the garment is worn in the conventional manner withthe money safety pocket either on the inside of the undershorts adjacentthe persons body, or may be worn on the outside, if preferred. If wornon the inner side of the undershorts adjacent the body, maximum securityis, of course, afforded. This would prove of invaluable assistance tosuch persons as seamen or army personnel who could wear the garmentwhile sleeping and thus avoid being victimized by pickpockets who wouldthus not be aware of the location of the money or who would be unable toreach the valuables Without disturbing the sleeper and consequentlyawakening the proposed victim.

When it is desired that money be removed or placed into the money safetypocket, the pocket is lifted over the edge of the undershorts anddropped over the outer side thereof, as shown in FIG. 3 of the drawing.In this position, the wearer may conveniently lift the flap and placetherein, or remove therefrom, a wallet 25 containing money or otherimportant papers.

Thus, there has been shown a money safety pocket undershorts garmentwhich provides maximum security for paper currency or other valuable,important papers which will prevent detection by a pickpocket and whichwill further prevent the pilfering thereof without bodily contact withthe owner, and consequently preventing loss of such money or valuabledocuments.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

What I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

In a money safety pocket undershorts garment, the combination of a pairof undershorts of boxer type comprised of a rear panel, front panel andwaistband arranged to form a pair of leg portions and a crotch portiontherebetween and a safety pocket aflixed to said waistband, said safetypocket being movable from a position on the inner side of saidundershorts to a position on the outer side of said undershorts, saidmoney pocket comprising a front panel and a pocket panel, said rearpanels being integrally formed \along the bottom edge and opposite sideedges, said panels forming a compartment therebe' tween having a mouththereto accessible along the upper edge of said front panel, said rearpanel having an extension upwardly, said upward extension fo-rming aflap and said flap depending downwardly over the front side of saidfront panel to close said mouth of said compartment, said safety pocketbeing affixed to said said waist- 0 band of said nndershorts by means ofa cloth hinge, the upper edge of said hinge being attached to the innerside of said waistband along a line relatively closer to the lower edgeof said waist band, whereby said safety pocket, when on the inner sideof said undershorts, is below said waistband and when said safety pocketis on an outer side of said undershorts, said safety pocket is adjacentthe upper edge of said waistband.

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